Lincoln High School - President Yearbook (Ferndale, MI)

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1958 LOG PUBLISHED AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FERNDALE, MICHIGAN Youlh . . . lhe fulure slrenglh of Ameri- ca. All across our mighly land lhe Youlh of 'Iomorrow are becoming 'Ihe learned of fomorrow. You will be seeing here nol an isolaled assembly of sludenls, bul' a uniform body of many faifhs and races, wilh a herilage from dislanl' Iands. You will see whal' lhe camera saw. The wonder of Ihe human mind and hearf, wil' and ins+inc+ is here. You mighl' calch yourself saying, l'm nol a sfranger here, for Ihere is bul one big family hugging close Io Ihe ball of earlh for iI's life and being, and no man is a slranger 'Io his brolher. You know 'Ihe slory of brolherhoodg you live il. For I'he ueslion, WhaI' will lhe slory be across Ilia near and disfanl' fu+ure? some would reply, 'For 'Ihe answer, read, if you can, Ihe s'I'range and balilling eyes of youI'I1. A camera lesfamenl, a drama of youlh, an epic woven of fun, myslery, and love. The slory of Lincoln, we declicale lo you, Ihe sfuclenfs of America. f'UJ6TI. ty-two

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OUR POTENTIAL IS GREAT AND GOOD As we approach Phe end of Phe firsl' half of Phe school year i957-I958, some of you, Phe seniors Po be specific, suddenly realize Pha'P high school days will soon give way Po new experiences on Phe job or Pur'rher s'Pudy, in Pul'FillmenP of 'Phe requiremenfs of a more desirable Pype of occupaPion. H' seems such a shor'P 'Pime since we gaPhered Poge'Pher aP your grade school. You were a member of 'Phe eighPh grade class and we were describing Phe high school pro- gram Po you and Phen perhaps you ioined in Phe discussion of PhaP program. You made a momenPous decision in choosing one of Phe many elecPives. AP Phe end of Phe summer vacarion period you were impa'Pien'P 'Po meei' wiPh ninPh graders 'Prom all over Phe school disPricP al' Phe high school. You Pried hard Po concen'PraPe on 'Phe excellen'P advice of 'Phe members of Phe s+udenP council who had prepared Phe orienPaPion program. You made some mis+akes in locafing classrooms For Phe Pirsl' 'Pime-buf PhaP's par'P of 'Phe PoPal high school experience which now had acfually begun. During Phe Pour years a s'Puden'P is aP Lincoln High School he has many educafional opporPuniPies. The quesPion mighP well be asked of each incoming ninPh grader, WhaP will you do? We see some sPudenPs going all-ouP for exPra-curricular and social acPivi'Pies so 'Phaf 'Pheir academic sfanding is neglecPed. Mosl' observers would say 'Pha+ i+ is highly de- sirable Po mainlain a sProng academic sfanding while parficipafing moderafely in ex+ra-curricular and social acPiviPies. A number of sPudenPs balance Phe many ad- vanfages of parPicipaPion in acPiviPies wiPh Pheir long-range obiecPives and Phen make inPelligenP decisions wiPh respecl' Po where emphasis shall be placed. Here ai' Lincoln High School we know 'Phere is a weal'Ph of ar'risPic, musical, and PheaPrical 'Palenl' among our sPudenPs as exhibiPed in plays, concer'Ps, and Palenl' as- semblies. A'Phle'Pic skill is demonsPraPed in inPra-mural and inPer-scholas+ic compefi- Pion and in 'Phe developmenl' of skills For leisure-Pime recrea+ion. IP is in'Peres'Ping Po observe Phe emergence of leaders in exPra-curricular acPiviPies, class groups, and in our sPuden'P council. Our s+udenPs will be eFPec+ive members of a democra'Pic sociely only as 'Phey have real, purposeful experiences now. We are proud of 'Phe leadership roles of our SPu- denl' Council, Naiional Honor Socie+y,Y-Teens, and Hi-Y. The many acPiviPies and proiecPs in which 'Phese organiza'Pions have par'PicipaPed are well-known. There have been numerous occasions in which our sPudenPs have worked, shoulder 'Po shoulder, wi'Ph communiPy leaders in promoPing a worihwhile acPiviPy. The sPudenPs who are mainlaininq a high level of academic achievemeni' and, a'P 'Phe same 'Pime, are par- Picipa'Ping in Phese acPivi+ies are going 'Po be well prepared for 'Pheir ciiizenship and leadership responsibililies Pomorrow. Our sPudenPs are doing well in quali'Py of performance in proiecPs which are pro- mo'Ped ioin'l'ly bv Phe school and communiPy-whePher Phis is an occasional experience in running Phe ci'Py governmenf, conduciing a service club meePing, or daily parficipa- Pion in cooperafive 'Pype of employmenf. ThaP Phe po'PenPial of our sPudenPs is greai' and good is defermined from Phe sup- porPing facis. The donor of a NaPional Meril' Scholarship congra'Pula'Ped Lincoln High School lasl' year when one of our sPudenPs lihere were Phree winners alfogelherl won his corpora- Pion's scholarship. He wenl' on Po say Phal' 'Phe school mus'P have provided an environ- meni which was conducive Po academic achievement The Praining in scholarship, leadership, charac'Per, and cifizenship by our high school is available 'Po all s'Puden+s and we again face 'Phe quesPion Wha'P will you do? Those of us who are familiar wiPh many of our high school sPudenPs of bygone days now see 'Phem as responsible and worfhy ciPizens, homemakers, and leaders in our so- cie'Py. An inPeresPed communi'Py and a well-'Prained s'PaFF, always encouraged Po make im- provemenls in Phe educafional program, look confiden'Ply for +oday's sPudenP body Po capably meeP all problems regardless of 'Pheir scope and complexiiy. H is more appropriaie, Phen, Po rephrase Phe queslion and ask you, WhaP are you doing? 9, WI,-Z' JOHN J. HOUGHTON 'W' twenty-one

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ill YY Y R, 'ai' QM LZ z I '77 Y M if 3 ' 1 There's a big, wide, wonderful world in Lincoln. A 1'een's world full of lcaleidoscopic inleresls, brillianl' experience, and slimulaling opporlunilyg for carefree fun, dislracied sludy, excifing sporls, and wonderful kids: of days . . . some ioyful, ofhers gloomy: of mon'l'hs . . . moslly successful, a few noi' so successful: of years . . . four over-crowded, promising years. THIS IS THE YEAR'S BIG STORY! capfured. This spiril' is illusive, invisible in lhe crowd, ye? surrounding each individual. We have +ried 'lo preseni-ihrough candid phorographs, a mood, an idea, or emofion, which may be shared by all. Time alone will fesl' ihis book and unlock fhe spirii of I958 which is caplured in lhe dress, acfions, vocabulary, food, fads, and cusloms. Success was hard won. Subscriprions jumped fifiy per cenf, copy and pholographs iripled, 'rhe budgei' doubled, and deadlines were mei, evenlually. The only difficuliy li maH'ers IiHle now who did whaf, when, or where if The spirif of lhe evenl' is noi l I I I I I I being a non-conforming edifor, phofographer, and layoul' man rolled info one. An un- prediciable idea-changer who crusaded for 'lwo-hundred pages and, overioyed wirh fhe freedom of room, ironically became slingy and saved +hir+y- six for a summer Log. Wi+h humbleness and awe we sei' before you a record, nol' of wha'r was done, buf of 'rhe spirii' in which ihese 'lhings were done. lllllllllllllllllllllll Our phoilographer-edi+or's in+eres+ in fhe individual per- sonalify gives his work a special, soughl aHer qualify: a qualify which has won him lop prizes in many nafional con+esfs. Brian's sfressing of mood and emotional impacl has won places for his work in papers and nafional maga- zines, and if is no? uncommon for a Lincoln sfudenf 'lo be sfarfled by seeing himself in prini. Our aciive Trail Blazer al l7 was ihe personalily of fhe week in fhe De- 'froif Times as a resull of his unique work, and Synchro- scope Magazine previewed 'lhe LOG in a double page phofo essay on The Life and Times of a Teen Ager . . . Brian speni' an average of fhree hours a day be+ween Augusi and May sfriving fo make fhe LOG info an ac- curaie porfrayal of fhe 'teen ager af Lincoln. He sfafed he would never do if again, buf we know befier! 7 17 ef 5 is S S W Nye y y Z' 19 . if L 'lx' X ff a 3 ,y , a 3 I V ff ll, , f . f f f w ffzwb Q Detroit Times Photo Mr, Howard Reilly, advisor of 'rhis years LOG, deserves much credit for ihe responsible iob fha? he so admirably upheld during fhis eniire school year. The Log Slalif members were responsible for the producing and assembling of fhe proiec+, bui wifhouf fha undersfanding and skillful leadership of fhe English-Social Sfudies insfruclor, the proieci would have been an impossible underlaking, His pleasing personalify and easy-going dispogiiian en. abled fhe enfire s'raFF lo place 'lhe LOG's produc- lion on an amicable basis. twenty-three